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Proverbs 7

MSG 1
Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions.
NIV 1
My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
MSG 2
Do what I say and you'll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight - guard it!
NIV 2
Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
MSG 3
Write it out on the back of your hands; etch it on the chambers of your heart.
NIV 3
Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
MSG 4
Talk to Wisdom as to a sister. Treat Insight as your companion.
NIV 4
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;
MSG 5
They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress - that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
NIV 5
they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
MSG 6
As I stood at the window of my house looking out through the shutters,
NIV 6
At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.
MSG 7
Watching the mindless crowd stroll by, I spotted a young man without any sense
NIV 7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.
MSG 8
Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived, then turning up the path to her house.
NIV 8
He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
MSG 9
It was dusk, the evening coming on, the darkness thickening into night.
NIV 9
at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
MSG 10
Just then, a woman met him - she'd been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him.
NIV 10
Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
MSG 11
Brazen and brash she was, restless and roaming, never at home,
NIV 11
(She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
MSG 12
Walking the streets, loitering in the mall, hanging out at every corner in town.
NIV 12
now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
MSG 13
She threw her arms around him and kissed him, boldly took his arm and said,
NIV 13
She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
MSG 14
"I've got all the makings for a feast - today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid,
NIV 14
"I have fellowship offerings at home; today I fulfilled my vows.
MSG 15
So now I've come to find you, hoping to catch sight of your face - and here you are!
NIV 15
So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
MSG 16
I've spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed, colorful imported linens.
NIV 16
I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
MSG 17
My bed is aromatic with spices and exotic fragrances.
NIV 17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
MSG 18
Come, let's make love all night, spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking!
NIV 18
Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!
MSG 19
My husband's not home; he's away on business, and he won't be back for a month."
NIV 19
My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
MSG 20NIV 20
He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."
MSG 21
Soon she has him eating out of her hand, bewitched by her honeyed speech.
NIV 21
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
MSG 22
Before you know it, he's trotting behind her, like a calf led to the butcher shop, Like a stag lured into ambush
NIV 22
All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
MSG 23
and then shot with an arrow, Like a bird flying into a net not knowing that its flying life is over.
NIV 23
till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
MSG 24
So, friends, listen to me, take these words of mine most seriously.
NIV 24
Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
MSG 25
Don't fool around with a woman like that; don't even stroll through her neighborhood.
NIV 25
Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
MSG 26
Countless victims come under her spell; she's the death of many a poor man.
NIV 26
Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
MSG 27
She runs a halfway house to hell, fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.
NIV 27
Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.

New International Version

Proverbs 7

NIV 1
My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
NIV 2
Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
NIV 3
Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
NIV 4
Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;
NIV 5
they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.
NIV 6
At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.
NIV 7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.
NIV 8
He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
NIV 9
at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
NIV 10
Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
NIV 11
(She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
NIV 12
now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
NIV 13
She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:
NIV 14
"I have fellowship offerings at home; today I fulfilled my vows.
NIV 15
So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
NIV 16
I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
NIV 17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.
NIV 18
Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!
NIV 19
My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
NIV 20
He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."
NIV 21
With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
NIV 22
All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose
NIV 23
till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.
NIV 24
Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.
NIV 25
Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
NIV 26
Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
NIV 27
Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.